Behind The Switch

In episode two, we're exploring the story of forgotten food; uneaten and tossed in landfill, spoiled on its way to the store, discarded because of aesthetic imperfections. Americans throw away one-third of all edible food, and the environmental impacts are simply staggering.

In the first episode of our new miniseries "Edible Emissions", Spencer and Andrew, along with two terrific guests, set the scene for what promises to be a fascinating journey researching the environmental impacts of global agriculture.

After enduring months of incredible hardship and loss after Hurricane Maria devastated the island's energy infrastructure, Puerto Rico appears to be rebuilding its electricity grid better, smarter, and more resilient. We bring you up to date on the developments in this week's Good News Minute.

After years of delays, three east coast states have announced major plans to expand their offshore wind capacity, with several more states poised to follow their lead. These exciting initiatives stand to change the game for renewable generation along the east coast of the U.S., and Climable.org's Emma Hibbard and Andrew Grandahl bring you the details on this week's Good News Minute.

Six months ago, Tesla installed a record-breaking battery storage facility in South Australia to help improve their local electricity grid reliability. Half a year later, how has South Australia fared? Spencer and Andrew bring you up to date, in this week's Good News Minute.

Costa Rica has a new president with big plans for the next few years: the complete decarbonization of their economy. Andrew brings you up to date in this week's Good News Minute!

This March, Portugal set a new bar for renewable energy production. Using mostly hydroelectric and wind power, the country was able to produce a whopping 103.6% of its electricity demand through clean energy. Andrew looks into the details in this week's Good News Minute.

In Oklahoma, one utility company's efforts to revive an aging coal plant is being met with resistance from consumer and environmental advocates, and now, from the Oklahoma Supreme Court. Climable.org Executive Director Jean Ann Ramey and Andrew Grandahl go over the details in this week's Good News Minute.

Spencer and Andrew sit down and discuss what they're excited about with the upcoming Behind the Switch series, Edible Emissions. From the farm field, to the laboratory, to our kitchen stoves, we're going from the ground up (literally) in this series to investigate the impacts of the agricultural sector, and of our dietary decisions.

Off the coast of western Canada, a First Nations community is taking their energy future into their own hands. We look into the remarkable transformation of Skidegate in this week's Good News Minute.